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N A O L S P (No Model.)

OIL STOVE.

Patented Sept. 25, 1883.

J/i/arn ya UNITED] STATES:

PATENT OFFICE.

' FRANK SILOAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE ADAMS 83 EST- LAKEMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF S AME PLACE.

OIL-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,696, datedieptember 25, 1883.

Application filed December 5, 1882. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK SLOAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, in the State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOil-Stoves, which are fully set forth in the following specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 isthe front elevation of an oil-stove provided with my improvements, thedoor being open and the front of the drum below the door partly brokenaway. Fig. 2 is a section of the drum on the line as as in Fig. 1, the

cone being partly broken away, so as to show the rods whiehraise andlower the chimneyfronts. Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective view of one ofthe hinged chimney-fronts.

The same letters denote the same parts in all the figures.

My invention relates to stoves for the burning of kerosene and similarsubstances; and it consists, partly, in tubes extending into the drumand chimneys of the stove for the insertion of soldering-irons orsimilar tools, and

partly in hinged chimney-fronts, which eanbe lifted up, so as to affordfree access to the burners, without moving the drum, and partly in theseveral devices and combinations of 0 devices, which will be fully setforth hereinafter,and definitely pointed out in the claims.

Inthe drawings, A denotes the base or lamp 'of the stove, B the drum,and Cthe chimneys.

In the upper part of the drum I insert one ,35 or more horizontal tubes,D, extending from the front of the drum, through each one of thechimneys, to but not through the back wall of the same. The drum andchimneys are preferablymade somewhat higher than usual 40 for thepurpose of affording room for these tubes without crampingthe otherparts of the stove. Each tube is open at the front end, and that part ofit which is within the chimney has holes, d, in its upper and lowersides, so

, 4 5 that the current of heated gases from the flame shall pass throughthe tubes. A solderingiron or similar tool or rod inserted in one ofthese tubes can be conveniently and rapidly heated, being virtuallysupported in an open 50. frame directly over the flameand in the line ofdraft. The purpose of this devicewould he in great measure servedby-tubes extending from the front of the drum no farther than throughthe front wall of the chimney; but

the construction which I have described is preferable, inasmuch as itgives a support and guide for the iron for its whole length.

In oil-stoves of the ordinary construction, in order to get at theburners it is necessary I to lift the drum. In some, provision has beenmade for lighting by partly cutting away the fronts of the chimneys; butapertures cannot thus be made large enough for perfect eonvenience oflighting without impairing the draft of the stove. Moreover, where thechimneys 6 5 are provided with transparent fronts for the' purpose ofwatching the flame there has been hitherto no convenient way of cleaningthese. I make provision for these objects by hinging the lower parts ofthe chimney-fronts to their 7@ chimneys, so that the fronts can belifted up for lighting the burners or cleaning the fronts,

and can be closed snugly during combustion. Upon the front of eachchimney, just above the top of the doorway, I rivet or otherwise 7 5suitably fasten a strip of sheet metal, 0, whose lower edge is bent intoa horizontal tube. A rod,'c, running throughthis tube, supports themovable front E, the upper edge of which is bent around the rod incontinuation of the tube, that part of the edge which is opposite thestrip 0 being cut away, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. Themovable front is thus hinged to the chimney, and may be swung up andaway from it or down close 8 5 against it. The chimney itself iscut awayin front for the whole or nearly thewhole of its width from just abovethe bottom to a point a little below the tubular part of the strip 0.The movable frontEis slightlylonger than the apero ture thus made in thechim ney, and a little wider than the front of the chimney itself, andits vertical edges are bent so as to form flanges c, which overlap thesides of the chimney. The movable front can thus be made to fit on thechimney with a great degree of exactness, so that when it is closed thedraft is practically as perfect as if the chimney were in one continuous piece. The middle part of the movable front may be cut awayandits place sup- 10o terference with the chimney.

plied by a pane of mica, c, as shown in Figs. 1 a guide to keep the rodG in the right direcl and 3, the metal part being scarcely more than aframe for the mica. \Vhere several chimneys are used, the movable frontsmay 'and shut simultaneously.

On the rod 6* is hinged another rod, F, by means of an eye formed on therod F, as shown in Fig. 2, or in any other convenient way. The point ofhinging is as near the middle of the rod 0 as will consist of theextension of the rod F back within the drum without in The length of therod F is such that when the movable fronts are lifted up into ahorizontal position the farther end of the rod will rest on the coneplate, just within the drum, somewhat forward of the position shown by thedotted lines in Fig. 2.

To the farther end of the rod F is hinged by means of an eye 011 eachrod and a connectingbolt, or in any other convenient way, a horizontalrod, G, of such a length that when the chimney-fronts are closed, andboth rods Fand G are consequently farthest within the drum, the frontend of G will project a little in front of the drum through the aperture1), so that the projecting part may be bent into aloop, g; or anyconvenient form of handle may be at-' taehed to it. A strip of platemetal, H, may

be fastened on the front of one of the chimneys, at the bottom, so as toproject across the line of motion of the rod G, as shown in Fig. 1. Anaperture, h, cut in this plate, will allow the rod to pass through, andthe sides of the two apertures b and h will together constitute tion. 7The plate H will also operate as a stop to prevent the connected end ofthe rods G andF from coming too far forward. Both apertures b and h aremade large enough vertically to allow the rod G a little play upward anddownward. Consequently, when this rod is drawn out its weight willnaturally depress the handle end, and so prevent it from automaticallyslipping backward, and thus closing the chimneys.

Obviously, with the construction I have described, the drawing out ofthe rod G by its handle will bring forward the rod F, and so push outand up the lower edges of the hinged chimney fronts. The hinged fronts,being brought up into a horizontal positionfwill be held there by theweight of the rod G, as already explained, and there will be free accessto the burners, and the inner side of the mica can be readily cleaned.\Vhen access to the burners is no longer needed, pushing in the rod Gwill necessarily draw back the rod F, which will draw downward andbackward the lower edges of the removable fronts, and thus j snuglyclose the chimneys.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In an oil-stove, a removable front hinged at its upper margin to thechimney, a liftingrod pivotally connected at its forward end with thehinged front, and a drawing-rod hinged at its inner end to the inner endof the liftingrod, all in combination, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

2. The chimneys O, in combination with movable fronts E, hinged thereto,and with means for rigidly connecting the movable fronts with each otherbelow the points of hinging, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

FRANK SLOAN.

. \Vitnesses:

TrroMAs H. PEASE, OSBORNE SAMrsoN.

